The World's Writing Systems

TABLE 55.

[ : Algonquian Syllables^

W E

W E

W E

w £

M' E

W E

W £

W E

C IPA

C IPA

C IPA

C IPA

C IPA

C IPA

C IPA

C IPA

V

A

i iW

A

i ii ^^

>

[0]
"^ ^

i>
6 00 [°^]

<

<1
a aa ^^^

h'h.'t'^'']

pe^'petP-]

/pi w

pipiitP'^]

popofP°]

p6poo[P°^]

<

[pa]
pa pa ^

<

pa paa ^P^^^

PpfP^

u

te te ^'^-^

n

ti ti [«]

ti tii t''^]

to^'to [^"1

to too tt°^]

ta^ta ft-]

C
ta taa ^'^"^

i tW

keke*^^]

ki'kiM

p
kt kii ^^^^

ko'kotko]

d

k6koo[''°^J

ka'kaP^^l

ka kaa ^^0

k kM

'' [tfe:,
ch ce tse:]

^ [tfi,
ci ci tsi]

^ [tfi:,
ci cii tsi:]

J [tfo,
CO CO tso]

J [tfo:,
CO coo tso:]

^ [tfa,
ca catsa]

i- [tfa:,
ca caa tsa;]

- ^[tf,
c c ts]

mSmet'"^^]

mimif™J

r

, ..[mi:]
mi mil '

J

[mo]
momo

J
momoot™^^^

mamaf"^^]

mamaaf-"^^]

C L

[m]

ne'r>e["-l

/ni M

ni'niit"^^^

no'not^^]

n6noof"«^J

[na]
na na

nanaaf"^^]

3 o-

n nM

[sei]
se se

I'

si si [^']

, .. [si:]
SI su •■ '

so'so [-]

s6 soo [^°^]

sasat^^^

.1.-

; sf^^

selef^-]

/shif^"

si shiit^'^J

so'hot^^^

soshoot^^^l

salat^^]

sashaa^^''-^

\ sht^

yeye^^^J

yi yi "Ji]

yiyiiO'^]

yoyoU^^

[jo:]
yo yoo " '

[ja]
ya ya ^

ya yaa "J*"^

T °A
y y"^

wewet^^^]

•A

. . [wi]

Wl Wl

•A

. ..[wii]
Wl wu

•>

[wo]
wo wo

■t>
w6woof*°^]

wawaf^^]

•<1

wawaaf^^^J

[w]

WW

re^re ^'^-^

A.

ri riM

rt^'rii [-]

?

[ro]
ro ro "^ ^

?

[0:]
ro roo

ra'ra ^'^^

ra raa ^'^^

r rM

le'le "-]

li'li M

li'lii [»=]

lo'^lo P°l

leloO-J

xX M

lakati-J

; ;[i]

[vei,
fe^^^]

. [vi,

A

.. [vii,

^.. fill
fu ^

>

vof^°'
fof°]

>

[voi,
voo' '

foof°^]

fa^^J

<

[va:,

faa^^^]

V, [V, f]

f

U
thef^-]

n

thit^'i

tslts^]

thoof^-]

thatS^J

thlfS^^]

tlt^]

a. W, Western syllables; E, Eastern syllables. C, Cree orthography; O, Northern Ojibwe orthography IPA, pronun-

THE WORLD'S
WRITING SYSTEMS

Edited by New York Oxford

Peter T. Daniels oxford university press

and
William Bright

1996

ISBN 0-19-51

KEY TO THE ORTHOGRAPHY.

VOWELS*

The sounds of the vowels are represented in English ac-
cording to the following scheme :

A a (as a in father.)

E e (as a in hate, fate.)

I i (as i in machine, or e in mete.)

O o (as in note, mote.)

U u (as 00 in pool, or u in full, or as w.)

V V (as u in sun, but.)

The first three vowels take each the short sound, as

«, in what, was ;
€, in men, pen ;
i, in pin.

The dash . under a vowel denotes that it is to be pro-
nounced as if followed by ngk,

EXAMPLES.

ishpinii, as if written ishpimingk.
sagiia " sagiiangk.

shienimr, *' shingkenimvngk.

giziso, *' gizisongk.

CONSONANTS.

The consonants are sounded as in English.

B b be. Mm em.

D d de. N n en.

^ g gQ' P p pe.

H h he. *U r ar.

J j je. S s es.

K k ka. T t; te.

*L 1 eL Z z 26,

* Uged only in gpelllijg foreign wcrdg,
DIPHTHONGS.

Ai pronounced as the pronoun I.

au '* as otv in vow, now.

ia , " as ya (a in father.)

ie *' as ye (a in hate.)

iu *' as yu (oo in foot, root.)

ua " as wa {a in fall, what.)

ue *' as wa {a in hate.)

ui ** as we (e in we.)

uo " as wo (o in woe.)

wv '* as wuh.